Electric pencil sharpener

ABSTRACT

An electric pencil sharpener includes a housing, the bottom of the housing is provided with a driving device, the upper part of the housing is provided with a fixed sleeve which is provided therein with a hob seat, a cutter holder is provided in the hob seat, a hob cutter is provided in the cutter holder; at least two taper holes with different conical angles are provided around the hob cutter peripherally; the housing is provided thereon with a turn button, the turn button is connected with the cutter holder and is turned to drive the cutter holder to be turned so that any one of the taper holes is aligned with a sleeve-in hole; the driving device drives the hob cutter seat to be turned, the hob seat drives the cutter holder and the hob cutter to be turned, the hob cutter drives the fixed sleeve to be turned.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent ApplicationNos. 201710201261.3 filed on Mar. 20, 2017 and 201710123291.7 filed onFeb. 21, 2017. All the above are hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an electric pencil sharpener.

BACKGROUND

An electric pencil sharpener may automatically cut a conical pencil tip.A pencil is an indispensable drawing tool for arts and crafts workers,during pencil sketch, sculpture and costume design, craftsmen requirethe conical pencil tip having different conical angles to draw, sketchand embroider. However, the general electric pencil sharpener may onlycut out the cone pen tip having one angle, by necessity, the art workerswill manually cut and polish by means of a utility knife and abrasivepaper to prepare a pencil having the conical pencil tip with differentconical angles. A hand-cut pencil needs skilled pencil-cut basic skills,and has low efficiency, long time-consuming, and hard trouble.

SUMMARY

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is toprovide an electric pencil sharpener capable of cutting a pencil tiphaving a plurality of conical angles.

According to the technical solution of the present invention, there isprovided an electric pencil sharpener having the following structure andincluding a housing,

the bottom of the housing is provided with a driving device, the upperpart of the housing is provided with a fixed sleeve; the fixed sleeve isprovided therein with a hob seat, a cutter holder is provided in the hobseat, a hob cutter is provided in the cutter holder; at least two taperholes with the different conical angles are provided around the hobcutter on the cutter holder peripherally; the housing is providedthereon with a turn button, the turn button is connected with the cutterholder, the turn button is turned to drive the cutter holder to beturned so that any one of the taper holes is aligned with a sleeve-inhole in the fixed sleeve in terms of coaxial lines thereof; the drivingdevice drives the hob seat to be turned, the hob seat drives the cutterholder and the hob cutter to be turned, the hob cutter drives the fixedsleeve to be turned.

With the above structure, the electric pencil sharpener of the presentinvention has the following advantages as compared with the prior art:

as at least two tamper holes with different conical angles are providedaround the hob cutter on the cutter holder of the electric pencilsharpener of the present invention, the turn button is turned to drivethe cutter holder to be turned so that any one of the taper holes isaligned with the sleeve-in hole in the fixed sleeve in terms of coaxiallines thereof, therefore, the electric pencil sharpener can cut thepencil tip with a variety of the conical angles, which can meet theneeds of art workers.

The turn button is connected with the cutter holder via a manner that agear provided with an external tooth is meshed with a rack provided withan inner tooth.

The turn button may be connected on the upper end surface of the housingcircumferentially and rotatably, the middle of the turn button isprovided with a pencil-inserting opening, the pencil-inserting openingis aligned with the sleeve-in hole in terms of coaxial lines thereof.

The lower surface of the turn button is provided with a hollow convexneck, a through hole of the convex neck is coaxial with thepencil-inserting opening; the outer surface of the convex neck isprovided with a button gear with an external tooth, the lower end of theconvex neck passes through the sleeve-in hole of the fixed sleeve, and aseat-in hole of the hob seat is positioned above the cutter holder; theupper surface of the cutter holder is provided with a frame arc toothwith the inner tooth, the button gear is meshed with the frame arctooth.

The hob seat includes a top plate, a bottom plate and a connected plate;the connected plate is connected between the top plate and the bottomplate; the cutter holder may be turned circumferentially and movable upand down by a spring and an external force to be mounted in a spaceformed by the top plate, the bottom plate and the connected plate, thebutton gear is disengaged from the frame arc tooth when the cutterholder is moved downwardly to a set position; the seat-in hole isprovided on the top plate; the tapper hole is positioned at the lowerside of the seat-in hole, the taper hole may be aligned with the seat-inhole in terms of coaxial lines thereof.

The inner surface of the connected plate is provided thereon with an arclimited groove, the outer surface of the cutter holder, being oppositeto the arc limited groove, is provided with a convex; the convex isreceived in the arc limited groove.

The inner surface of the connected plate is provided thereon with an arcgroove of which two ends are opened; the lower surface of the arc grooveis provided with a blocking groove of which the number corresponds tothe number of the taper holes, the distance between the centerlines ofthe two adjacent blocking grooves is equal to the distance between theaxes of two adjacent corresponding taper holes; the outer surface of thecutter holder, being opposite to the arc limited groove, is providedwith a blocking block; after an axial hole is aligned with the throughhole of the convex neck and the cutter holder is pressed down, theblocking block is caught in the corresponding blocking groove.

The axial holes on the cutter holder are equally spaced, i.e. thedistances between the axes of two adjacent taper holes are all equal.

The lower end surface of the cutter holder is provided with a contactrod, the contact rod passes through the bottom plate of the hob seat andis exposed outside the hob seat; the bottom of the housing is providedwith a switch for starting the driving device; the lower end of thecontact rod is provided with a contact head which is positioned abovethe switch; a spring is provided between the contact head and theswitch; the contact head presses down the switch to drive the drivingdevice to be operated when the contact head moves downwardly to a setposition.

The hob cutter includes a cylindrical cutter body and a cutter gear, thecutter gear is fixedly connected on the upper end of the cutter body;the hob cutter may be hinged in the cutter holder circumferentially androtatably, and the outer side of the cutter gear is exposed outside thehob seat; an inner gear is provided at a position on the inner wall ofthe fixed sleeve, which corresponds to the cutter gear the cutter gearmay be meshed with the inner gear.

The cylindrical surface of the cutter body is provided thereon with aplurality of milling cutters which are provided with a helical edge, theouter surface of each the helical edge is provided with a plurality ofchip breaker grooves of which the upper and the lower sides are opened.With this structure, the uniformity and continuity of chips in achip-discharge groove are broken by squeezing a node, therefore, thechips in the chip-discharge groove are automatically broken anddischarged from the chip-discharge groove, so that a planetary typepencil sharpener eliminates the blocking phenomenon of the chips,realizing automatic chip breakage and discharge and automaticallyemptying the chip-discharge groove, milling efficiency is constant andmanual chip removal is not needed, thus providing convenience for theuser.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional structural diagram of an electric pencilsharpener according to the present invention, in which a taper hole A isaligned with a pencil-inserting opening;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged diagram of a part A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top cross-sectional diagram of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional structural diagram of an electric pencilsharpener according to the present invention, in which a taper hole B isaligned with a pencil-inserting opening;

FIG. 5 is a top cross-sectional diagram of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an upward axonometric decomposition diagram of an electricpencil sharpener according to the present invention, in which a topcover, an upper housing and a middle housing are omitted;

FIG. 7 is a top axonometric decomposition diagram of an electric pencilsharpener according to the present invention, in which a top cover, anupper housing and a middle housing are omitted;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional structural diagram of a double-taper-holehob cutter according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional diagram of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a top cross-sectional diagram of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is an axonometric decomposition diagram of an electric pencilsharpener according to the present invention, in which a top cover, anupper housing and a middle housing are omitted;

FIG. 12 is a structural diagram of a cutting holder of an electricpencil sharpener according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a structural diagram of a hob seat of an electric pencilsharpener according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a perspective structural diagram of a hob of an electricpencil sharpener according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged diagram of a part B in FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is an axonometric diagram of an exterior structure of anelectric pencil sharpener according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram of a pencil 01 cut with a taper hole A.

FIG. 18 is a diagram of a pencil 02 cut with a taper hole B.

In the drawings: 1, housing, 101, top cover, 102, upper housing, 103,middle housing, 104, lower housing, 105, chip bin, 106,electromechanical bin, 2, fixed sleeve, 201, sleeve-in hole, 202, innergear, 203, chip-discharge opening, 3, hob seat, 301, seat-in hole, 302,top plate, 303, bottom plate, 304, connected plate, 305, arc limitedgroove, 306, arc groove, 307, blocking groove, 308, spline shaft, 309,shaft blind hole, 4, cutter holder, 401, taper hole A, 402, taper holeB, 403, frame arc tooth, 404, convex, 405, blocking block, 5, hobcutter, 501, cutter body, 502, cutter gear, 503, milling cutter, 504,chip breaker groove, 6, turn button, 601, convex neck, 602, button gear,7, motor, 8, speed reducer, 801, spline hole, 9, switch, 10, spring, 11,contact head, 12, contact rod, 13, charging port, 14, rechargeablebattery.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, the technical solution of the present invention will bedescribed in further details with reference to the embodiments of thepresent invention and the combination of the accompanying drawings, butthe present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

As shown in FIGS. 1-5, an electric pencil sharpener according to thepresent invention includes a housing 1, the bottom of the housing 1 isprovided with a driving device, the upper part of the housing 1 isprovided with a fixed sleeve; the side wall of the fixed sleeve 2 isprovided thereon with a chip-discharge opening 203. the fixed sleeve 2is provided therein with a hob seat 3, a cutter holder 3 is provided inthe hob seat 4, a hob cutter 5 is provided in the cutter holder 4; atleast two taper holes with different conical angles are provided aroundthe hob cutter 5 on the cutter holder peripherally; the housing 1 isprovided thereon with a turn button 6, the turn button 6 is connectedwith the cutter holder 4, the turn button 6 is turned to drive thecutter holder 4 to be turned so that any one of the taper holes isaligned with a sleeve-in hole 201 in the fixed sleeve 2 in terms ofcoaxial lines thereof; the driving device drives the hob seat 3 to beturned, the hob seat 3 drives the cutter holder 4 and the hob cutter 5to be turned, the hob cutter 5 drives the fixed sleeve 2 to be turned.

The middle of the upper end of the fixed sleeve 2 is provided with thesleeve-in hole 201, the middle of the upper end of the hob seat 3 isprovided with a seat-in hole 301, the end of a pencil may pass throughthe sleeve-in hole 201, the seat-in hole 301 and is inserted into thetaper hole when the sleeve-in hole 201, the seat-in hole 301 and thetaper hole are aligned with each other in terms of coaxial linesthereof. By means of the turn button 6, it is possible to adjustdifferent taper holes to be aligned with the sleeve-in hole 201 and theseat-in hole 301 in terms of coaxial lines thereof, as two taper holeswith different conical angles are provided, at least two pencil tipswith different taper holes may be cut.

As shown in FIGS. 6-11, the turn button 6 is connected with the cutterholder 4 via a manner that a gear provided with an external tooth ismeshed with a rack provided with an inner tooth. Specifically, the turnbutton may be connected on the upper end surface of the housing 1circumferentially and rotatably, the middle of the turn button 6 isprovided with a pencil-inserting opening, the pencil-inserting opening603 is aligned with the sleeve-in hole in terms of coaxial linesthereof.

The lower surface of the turn button 6 is provided with a hollow convexneck 601, a through hole of the convex neck 601 is coaxial with thepencil-inserting opening 603; the outer surface of the convex neck 601is provided with a button gear 602 with an external tooth, the lower endof the convex neck 601 passes through the sleeve-in hole 201 of thefixed sleeve 2, and the seat-in hole 301 of the hob seat 3 is positionedabove the cutter holder 4; the upper surface of the cutter holder 4 isprovided with a frame arc tooth with the inner tooth 403, the buttongear 602 is meshed with the frame arc tooth 403.

The hob seat 3 includes a top plate 302, a bottom plate 303 and aconnected plate 304; the connected plate 304 is connected between thetop plate 302 and the bottom plate 303, that is to say, the connectedplate 304 is connected between the edges of the top plate 302 and thebottom plate 303; the cutter holder 4 may be turned circumferentiallyand movable up and down by a spring and an external force to be mountedin a space formed by the top plate 302, the bottom plate 303 and theconnected plate 304, the button gear 602 is disengaged from the framearc tooth 403 when the cutter holder 4 is moved downwardly to a setposition; the seat-in hole 301 is provided on the top plate 302; thetapper hole is positioned at the lower side of the seat-in hole 301, theturn button 6 is turned to drive the cutter holder 4 to be turned sothat the taper hole is aligned with the seat-in hole 301 in terms ofcoaxial lines thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 12-13, the inner surface of the connected plate 304 isprovided thereon with an arc limited groove 305, the outer surface ofthe cutter holder 4, being opposite to the arc limited groove 305, isprovided with a convex 404; the convex 404 is received in the arclimited groove 305, is limited and moved in the arc limited groove 305and may be moved along the length and height directions of the arclimited groove 305. the lower side of the arc limited groove 305 isprovided with an opening, the convex 404 is not limited by a lower edgeof the arc limited groove, thus, during the downward movement of thetool holder 4, the convex 404 is not affected by the edge of the arclimited groove 305, making the structure of the hob seat 3 simpler.

The inner surface of the connected plate 304 is provided thereon withthe arc limited groove 306 of which two ends are opened; the lowersurface of the arc groove 306 is provided with a blocking groove 307 ofwhich the number corresponds to the number of the taper holes, thedistance between the centerlines of the two adjacent blocking groove 307is equal to the distance between the axes of two adjacent correspondingtaper holes; the outer surface of the cutter holder, being opposite tothe arc limited groove, is provided with a blocking block; after a taperhole is aligned with the through hole of the convex neck 601 in terms ofcoaxial lines thereof and the cutter holder is pressed down, theblocking block 405 is caught in the corresponding blocking groove. Inorder to make the structure more stable, a plurality of sets of the arcgrooves 306 and the blocking blocks 405 may be provided. The axial holeson the cutter holder 4 are equally spaced, i.e. the distances betweenthe axes of two adjacent taper holes are all equal.

The lower end surface of the cutter holder 4 is provided with a contactrod 12, the contact rod 12 passes through the bottom plate of the hobseat 3 and is exposed outside the hob seat 3; the bottom of the housing1 is provided with a switch 9 for starting the driving device; the lowerend of the contact rod 12 is provided with a contact head which ispositioned above the switch 9; a spring 10 is provided between thecontact head 11 and the switch 9; the contact head 11 presses down theswitch 9 to drive the driving device to be operated when the contacthead 11 moves downwardly to a set position.

In this embodiment, the cutter holder 4 is provided thereon with twotaper holes, which are a taper hole A 401 and a taper hole B 402,respectively, the conical angles of the taper hole A 401 and the taperhole B 402 are different, the taper hole A 401 is a cutting hole of asmall taper conical pencil tip, the taper hole B 402 is a cutting holeof a big taper conical pencil tip, that is to say, a pencil core of thepencil tip, being cut by the taper hole A 401, is longer, while a pencilcore of the pencil tip, being cut by the taper hole B 402, is shorter.two blocking grooves are also provided while two blocking blocks arealso provided, the distance between two blocking grooves and twoadjacent side edges is smaller than that between the centerlines of thetwo blocking grooves 3074, with this structure, when the taper hole isswitched, one of the blocking block 405 is not biased against the lowersurface of the arc groove 306 of the blocking groove 307, so that thecutter holder 4 may not be moved downwardly. The arc groove 306 and theblocking block 405 are provided in two groups.

As shown in FIGS. 14-15, the hob cutter 5 includes a cylindrical cutterbody 501 and a cutter gear 502, the cutter gear 502 is fixedly connectedon the upper end of the cutter body 501; the hob cutter may be hinged inthe cutter holder 4 circumferentially and rotatably, and the outer sideof the cutter gear 502 is exposed outside the hob seat 3; an inner gear202 is provided at a position on the inner wall of the fixed sleeve 2,which corresponds to the cutter gear 502, the cutter gear 502 may bemeshed with the inner gear 202.

The cylindrical surface of the cutter body 501 is provided thereon witha plurality of milling cutters 503 which are provided with a helicaledge, the outer surface of each the helical edge is provided with aplurality of chip breaker grooves 504 of which the upper and the lowersides are opened. Connected lines of the two adjacent chip breakergrooves 504 of the adjacent double-head milling cutter 503 are splicedto be capable of forming helical lines, the helical line is an imaginaryline. The spiral direction of the helical line is opposite to thehelical direction of the helical edge, that is to say, the spiral edgeis left-forward rotation while the helical line is right-forwardrotation; that is to say, the spiral edge is right-forward rotationwhile the helical line is left-forward rotation. The cross-sectionalshape of the chip breaker groove 504 is circular, rectangular ortriangular.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 4 and 11, the housing 1 consists of a top cover101, an upper housing 102, a middle housing 103, and a lower housing104, wherein the top cover 101 is a plastic member of which the upperpart has a top, of which the lower part is open and which has athin-wall cylindrical cover shape. The center of the upper part of thetop cover 101 is provided with a circular through hole called as acover-in hole, which corresponds to, is slid and is matched with theturn button 6. The upper housing 102 is a plastic member of which theupper part is open, of which the lower surface has a bottom and whichhas a thin-wall cylindrical barrel shape, the center of the lowersurface of the upper housing is provided with a middle hole of the upperhousing. The middle housing 103 is a plastic member of which the upperpart has a top, of which the lower part is open and which has athin-wall circular platform cover shape, the upper surface of the middlehousing 103 is provided with a middle hole of the middle housing. Thelower housing 104 is a plastic member of which the upper part is open,of which the lower surface has a bottom and which has a thin-wallcircular platform barrel shape. from up to down, the top cover 101, theupper housing 102, the middle housing 103, and the lower housing 104 areconnected in sequence, wherein a cavity enclosed by the top cover 101and the upper housing 102 is a chip bin 105, a cavity enclosed by themiddle housing 103 and the lower housing 104 is an electromechanical bin106.

The driving device includes an electromechanical group consisting of amotor 7, a speed reducer 8, a switch 9, a spring 10, a contact head 11,a contact rod 12, a charging port 13 and a rechargeable battery 14. Theelectromechanical group is provided in the electromechanical bin 106,the fixing sleeve 2, the hob seat 3, the cutter holder 4 and the hobcutter 5 are provided in the chip bin 105. The turn button 6 is providedat the cover-in hole of the top cover 101. The upper surface of the turnbutton 6 is flushed with the upper surface of the top cover 101. Thefixed sleeve 2 is fixed above the electromechanical group via the upperhousing 102 and the middle housing 103. A spline shaft 308 is providedat the middle of the lower surface of the bottom plate 303 of the hobseat 3, The spline shaft 308 passes through the middle hole of the upperhousing, and the middle hole of the middle housing and is slidablybonded and connected to the spline hole 801 of an output wheel of thespeed reducer 8 of the electromechanical group. The middle of the splineshaft is provided with a shaft through hole, the shaft through holepasses through the bottom plate of the hob seat. The upper end of thecontact rod passes through the shaft through hole and is against thelower end surface of the cutter holder, the lower end of the contact rodis in contact with and connected to the upper surface of the contacthead. The switch 9 is positioned under the contact head 11, and a spring10 is provided between the switch 9 and the contact head 11.

As shown in FIGS. 16 to 18, the working principle and the advantageouseffects of the electric pencil sharpener according to the presentinvention are as follows:

when a pencil with a longer pencil core is needed to cut, the turnbutton 6 is turned, the taper hole A 401 is aligned with thepencil-inserting hole 603 in terms of coaxial lines thereof by theaction of the turn gear 602 and the frame arc tooth 403, the pencil tipis inserted into the pencil-inserting opening 603 and the taper hole A401, then the pencil is grasped and pressed down, the blocking block 405of the cutter holder 4 is blocked into the blocking groove 307, theframe arc tooth 403 is disengaged with the button gear 602; at the sametime, the contact rod 12 and the contact head 11 move downwardly againstthe support of the spring 10, when the lower end of the contact head 11touches the switch 9, the switch 9 is opened and the motor 7 starts, themotor 7, via the speed reducer 8, an output shaft and the spline hole801, drives the hob seat 3 and drives the cutter holder 4 and the hob 5to center on the pencil and be carried out with orbital revolution inthe taper hole A 401, at the same time, under the action of the innergear 202 and the cutter gear 502, the hob 5 rotates along the rotationaxis of the pencil 4 while carrying out orbital revolution around thepencil with the pen holder 4, the hob 5 in rotation mills the pencil tipinto molding and becomes the shape of the taper hole A 401, that is tosay, a taper pencil tip with a small conical angle is obtained.

When the pencil with a shorter pencil core is needed to cut, the turnbutton 6 is rotated so that the taper hole B 402 is aligned with thepencil-inserting opening 603 in terms of the coaxial lines thereof, thepencil is inserted into the pencil-inserting opening 603 downwardly andapplies a force down, similarly, the hob 5 in rotation mills the penciltip into molding and becomes the shape of the taper hole B 402, that isto say, a taper pencil tip with a big conical angle is obtained.

After being cut, the pencil is pulled out upwardly, under the action ofthe spring 10, the contact rod 12, the contact rod 11 and the cutterholder 4 are reset upward, the switch 9 is closed, the motor 7 stops,the button gear 602 is reset and meshed with the frame arc tooth 403again. The chips resulted from the hob 5 milling the pencil are throwninto the chip bin via the chip-discharge opening, after the pencil iscut, the top cover is opened and then the chips may be removed.

The device, via providing the cutter holder and the hob seat as well asa mechanism matched with the cutter and the hob seat, realizes thefunction that the pencil tip with a big conical angle and a smallconical angle may be selected and milled, thus meeting the needs of artworkers.

What is claimed is:
 1. An electric pencil sharpener, comprising ahousing, wherein the bottom of the housing is provided with a drivingdevice, the upper part of the housing is provided with a fixed sleeve; ahob seat is provided in the fixed sleeve, a cutter holder is provided inthe hob seat, a hob cutter is provided in the cutter holder; at leasttwo taper holes with different conical angles are provided around thehob cutter on the cutter holder peripherally; the housing is providedthereon with a turn button, the turn button is connected with the cutterholder, the turn button is turnable to drive the cutter holder to beturned so that any one of the taper holes is coaxially aligned with asleeve-in hole in the fixed sleeve; turning of the hob seat is driven bythe driving device, the turning of the hob seat causing turning of thecutter holder and a hob cutter, and the turning of the hob cuttercausing turning of the fixed sleeve.
 2. The electric pencil sharpeneraccording to claim 1, wherein the turn button is connected with thecutter holder by one of the turn button and the cutter holder having agear provided with an external tooth and the other having a rackprovided with an inner tooth.
 3. The electric pencil sharpener accordingto claim 2, wherein the turn button is connected with an upper endsurface of the housing circumferentially and rotatably, the middle ofthe turn button is provided with a pencil-inserting opening, thepencil-inserting opening is coaxially aligned with the sleeve hole. 4.The electric pencil sharpener according to claim 3, wherein the lowersurface of the turn button is provided with a hollow convex neck, athrough hole of the convex neck is coaxial with the pencil-insertingopening; the outer surface of the convex neck is provided with a buttongear with an external tooth, the lower end of the convex neck passesthrough the sleeve-in hole of the fixed sleeve, and a seat-in hole ofthe hob seat is positioned above the cutter holder; the upper surface ofthe cutter holder is provided with a frame arc tooth with an innertooth, the button gear is meshed with the frame arc tooth.
 5. Theelectric pencil sharpener according to claim 4, wherein the hob seatcomprises a top plate, a bottom plate and a connected plate; theconnected plate is connected between the top plate and the bottom plate;the cutter holder is turnable circumferentially and movable up and downin a space formed by the top plate, the bottom plate and the connectedplate, the button gear is disengaged from the frame arc tooth when thecutter holder is moved downwardly to a set position; the seat-in hole isprovided on the top plate; the taper holes are positioned on theunderside of the seat-in hole and are capable of being coaxially alignedwith the seat-in hole.
 6. The electric pencil sharpener according toclaim 5, wherein a limiting groove is provided on the inner surface ofthe connected plate, the outer surface of the cutter holder, beingopposite to the limiting groove, is provided with a convex portion; theconvex portion is received in the limiting groove.
 7. The electricpencil sharpener according to claim 5, wherein a groove having an arcshape is provided on the inner surface of the connected plate, two endsof the groove are open; the lower surface of the groove is provided withblocking grooves of which the number corresponds to the number of thetaper holes, the distance between the centerlines of the two adjacentblocking grooves is equal to the distance between the axes of twoadjacent corresponding taper holes; the outer surface of the cutterholder, being opposite to the groove, is provided with a blocking block;after an axle hole is coaxially aligned with the through hole of theconvex neck and the cutter holder is pressed down, the blocking blocksare caught in the corresponding blocking grooves.
 8. The electric pencilsharpener according to claim 5, wherein the axle holes on the cutterholder are equally spaced.
 9. The electric pencil sharpener according toclaim 5, wherein the lower end surface of the cutter holder is providedwith a contact rod, the contact rod passes through the bottom plate ofthe hob seat and is exposed outside the hob seat; the bottom of thehousing is provided with a switch for opening the driving device; thelower end of the contact rod is provided with a contact head which ispositioned above the switch; the spring is provided between the contacthead and the switch; when the contact head is moved downwardly to a setposition, the contact head presses down the switch to actuate thedriving device to operate.
 10. The electric pencil sharpener accordingto claim 1, wherein the hob cutter comprises a cylindrical cutter bodyand a cutter gear, the cutter gear is fixedly connected to the upper endof the cutter body; the hob cutter is circumferentially rotatable in thecutter holder, and the outer side of the cutter gear is exposed outsidethe hob seat; an inner gear is provided at a position on the inner wallof the fixed sleeve and corresponding to the cutter gear, the cuttergear is capable of being meshed with the inner gear.
 11. The electricpencil sharpener according to claim 10, wherein a plurality of millingcutters are provided on a cylindrical surface of the cutter body, eachof the plurality of milling cutters is provided with a helical edge, theouter surface of each the helical edge is provided with a plurality ofchip breaker grooves of which the upper and the lower sides arc open.12. The electric pencil sharpener according to claim 11, wherein helicallines are formed by splicing connected lines of the two adjacent chipbreaker grooves of the two adjacent milling cutters; the helicaldirection of each helical line is opposite to the helical direction ofthe helical edge.